Tour Climbs: The complete guide to every mountain stage on the Tour de France

Tour Climbs: The complete guide to every mountain stage on the Tour de France
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The first book to cover in detail every major climb ever used in the Tour de France, including detail on the actual route (with maps and profile), length, height, list of winners and route descriptions of how to emulate the King of the Mountains and get from the bottom to the top.Every year the Tour de France is said to only really start when it reaches the first mountain stages: the drama of the race only really begins as the climbers take over in the Pyrenees, Vosges or Alps. The Tour is also the most famous classic in cycling and draws huge audiences to the TV and internet coverage (the official web site holds the world record for number of hits excluding search engines).But the route of the Tour is not just for professionals. A growing number of people now take their bikes and actually do a stage of the Tour (the Etap – for amateurs, which this year attracted 8,000 people to climb one of the hardest mountain stages in the Tour) or spend a week doing some of the more notorious climbs (Ventoux – where Tommy Simpson died in the 50s).This book is for everyone who watches the Tour and has even the slightest of an inkling that they'd like to do at least one of the climbs. Packed with information on each climb, this is the ultimate guide to the Tour climbs, which will remain important for many years to come (the Tour only uses a set number of climbs, which they return to every couple of years).Contents – Eastern Pyrenees, Central Pyrenees, Western Pyrenees, Vosges & Jura, Massif & Cevennes, Northern Alps, Central Alps and Southern Alps

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Chris Sidwells. Tour Climbs: The complete guide to every mountain stage on the Tour de France

Tour Climbs. THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO EVERY. TOUR DE FRANCE MOUNTAIN CLIMB. Chris Sidwells

Contents

The Tour de France

The Tour de France ‘ITS MEN AND ITS MOUNTAINS’

The race takes shape

Going into the mountains

The yellow jersey

Media stars

New management

Going global

Twenty-first century Tour

How it works

The importance of mountain climbs

The King’s story

The best ever

Blueprint for a Tour

The mountains of the Tour de France

The mountains of the Tour de France ‘HOW TO RIDE THEM’

Road bikes

Mountain bikes

Hybrid bikes

Pedals

Bike preparation

Physical preparation

Climbing technique

Descending technique

Eastern Pyrenees

Arcalis ‘ANDORRA’S PRIDE’

Port d’Envalira ‘GATEWAY TO ANDORRA’

Guzet-Neige ‘MILLAR’S MASTERPIECE’

Col de Menté ‘OCANA’S DOWNFALL’

Plateau de Beille ‘ARMSTRONG’S FAVOURITE’

Plateau de Bonascre ‘RISING ABOVE THE THERMALS’

Col de Port ‘THE HISTORY CLIMB’

Port de Pailhères ‘THE TOUGH EDGE’

Portet d’Aspet ‘CASARTELLI’S MEMORIAL’

Col du Puymorens ‘THE CATALAN GATEWAY’

Col d’Agnes

Port de le Bonaigua

Collado del Canto

Col de la Chioula

Col de la Core

Col de Jau

Port de Lers

Col de Latrape

Col d’Ordino

Col de Pal

Mur de la Peguere

Col de Toses

Western Pyrenees

Col d’Aspin ‘PYRENEAN PERFECTION’

Col d’Aubisque ‘THE TWO IN ONE CLIMB’

Lourdes-Hautacam ‘THE PILGRIMS WATCHTOWER’

Luz Ardiden ‘TWISTS AND TURN’

Col de Marie-Blanque ‘WAY OUT WEST’

Col de Peyresourde ‘FIELDS OF GREEN’

Pla d’Adet ‘POULIDOR’S LAST STAND’

Col du Portillon ‘THE STRAIN FROM SPAIN’

Superbagnères ‘FIRST BRITISH YELLOW JERSEY’

Col du Tourmalet ‘THE ELDER STATESMAN’

Col de Val Louron ‘INDURAIN’S CONFIRMATION’

Col d’Azet

Col de Bagargui

Col de Burdincurutcheta

Cauterets

Col du Pourtalet

Port de Balès

Port de Larreau

Col du Soudet

Col du Somport

Col de la Pierre St-Martin

Vosges and Jura

Ballon d’Alsace ‘THE FIRST MOUNTAIN EVER’

Ballon de Servance ‘THE ULTIMATE STING’

Col du Calvaire ‘WATCHER OF THE LAKES’

Col de la Croix de la Serra ‘JEWEL OF THE JURA’

Col de la Faucille ‘GENEVA’S JURA’

Le Grand Ballon ‘THE ROOF OF THE VOSGES’

Col du Platzerwasel ‘CLIMBING THE CRETES’

Col de la Schlucht ‘THE ROAD TO DEVIL’S ROCK’

Col d’Amic

Col du Berthiand

Col du Bonhomme

Col du Champ du Feu

Champ du Messin

Col de la Charbonnière

Collet du Linge

Col du Donon

Col de la Grand Colombier

Col du Kreuzweg

Côte de Lamoura

Col du Mollendruz

La Planche des Belle Filles

Côte des Rousses

Vue des Alpes

Massif Central

Col de la République ‘THE FIRST PASS’

Col d’Oeillon ‘THE RHÔNE LOOKOUT’

Col de la Croix de Chaubouret ‘PRINCE OF THE PILAT’

Col de la Croix-de-l’Homme Mort ‘DEAD MAN’S CROSS’

Col de la Croix Morand ‘STEPHEN’S LAST STAND’

Plomb du Cantal ‘TOP OF THE AUVERGNE’

Puy de Dôme ‘VOLCANIC ACTION’

Puy Mary ‘HIGHEST MASSIF ROAD’

Mont Aigoual

Causse Noir

Causse de Sauvaterre

Col de Ceyssat

Col des Fourches

Col de Lachamp

Col de Lalouvesc

Côte de Lestival

Col de Montjaux

Côte de Montsalvy

Col de la Moreno

Col des Pradeaux

Côte de Saint-Anastaise

Côte de Saraille

Col de la Sereyrede

Col de Sié

Super Besse

Super Lioran

Côte des Vignes

Northern Alps

Col des Aravis ‘FAVOURITE OF THE BRITISH MOUNTAIN KING’

Les Arcs ‘RACING THE TRAIN’

Morzine-Avoriaz ‘THE ALPINE NORTH END’

Col de la Colombière ‘A CLIMB OF TWO HALVES’

Courchevel ‘HEAD OF THE FIVE VALLEYS’

Col de la Forclaz ‘THE TOUR VISITS SWITZERLAND’

Col de l’Iseran ‘UP IN THE THIN AIR’

Col de Joux-Plane ‘HARD AS NAILS’

Col de la Madeleine ‘THE SERPENT OF THE ALPS’

Méribel ‘QUEEN OF THE THREE VALLEYS’

La Plagne ‘THE PROFESSOR’S MOUNTAIN’

Col de la Ramaz ‘THE NEW ARRIVAL’

Le Mont Revard ‘START OF THE ALPS’

Le Cormet de Roselend ‘ROCKING UP THE LAKE’

Col des Saisies ‘ON THE SHOULDER OF MONT BLANC’

Le Bettex

Col du Corbier

Sallanches–Cordon

Col de la Croix Fry

Col de la Forclaz de Montmin

Col de l’Epine

Col du Grand St Bernard

Montée de Hauteville

Col de la Joux Vert

Col de la Marocaz

Les Menuires

Pas-de-Morgins

Mont du Chat

Col des Mosses

Col du Petit St Bernard

Col de Plainpalais

Mont Salève

Le Semnoz

Tignes

Montée de Verbier

Central Alps

Alpe d’Huez ‘THE DUTCH MOUNTAIN’

Deux-Alpes ‘IN THE SHADOW OF ALPE D’HUEZ’

Col Bayard ‘AN ALPINE FIRST’

Col de la Croix de Fer ‘PYRENEES MEET THE ALPS’

Col du Galibier ‘GIANT OF THE ALPS’

Col du Glandon ‘THE SIAMESE TWIN’

Col du Lautaret ‘GUARDIAN OF THE GUISANNE VALLEY’

Col du Mont-Cenis ‘HOME OF NAPOLEON’S PYRAMID’

Col de Montgenèvre ‘GATEWAY TO ITALY’

Orcières-Merlette ‘OCANA’S MASTERPIECE’

Sestrières ‘AN ADVENTURE INTO ITALY’

Col du Télégraphe ‘STEPPING STONE TO A GIANT’

Col de Chaillolet

Chamrousse

Col du Coq

Col du Cucheron

Côte des Engins

Col du Festre

Col du Granier

Col du Granon

Côte de Laffrey

Col des Limouches

Col du Luitel

Col de Menée

Col du Mollard

Col de la Morte

Col de Noyer

Le Pleynet-les-Sept-Laux

Col de Porte

Prapoutel-les-Sept-Laux

Col du Rousset

Col de Romeyère

Col de Tourniol

La Toussuire

Southern Alps

Col d’Allos ‘AT THE HEART OF TOUR TRADITION’

Col de Braus ‘ENGINEERING MARVEL’

Cime de la Bonette ‘THE TOP OF THE TOUR’

Col de la Cayolle ‘SOURCE OF THE VAR’

Col des Champs ‘VAULTING THE VERDON AND VAR’

Isola 2000 ‘SKIING INTO ITALY’

Col d’Izoard ‘WHERE THE GHOSTS OF COPPI AND BOBET LIVE’

Pra Loup ‘WHERE WOLVES ROAMED’

Col de Vars ‘HOME OF THE DAMSELS’

Mont Ventoux ‘THE GIANT OF PROVENCE’

Col de Brouis

Col de Castillon

La Colmiane

Col du Corobin

Col de l’Espigoulier

Col de Perty

Mont Faron

Col de Murs

Les Orres

Col de Tende

Col de Turini

Col de Vizzanova (Corsica)

Col du Vasson

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1 THE TOUR DE FRANCE ITS MEN AND ITS MOUNTAINS

2 THE MOUNTAINS OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE HOW TO RIDE THEM

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You can get very hot climbing mountains, even though the air temperature on some of the tops can be quite low. If you have no one in a motor vehicle supporting your attempt on a given climb, then it is wise to carry a thin windproof sleeved top and a pair of thin windproof gloves for the descents. They make the descents comfortable and safer, because cold hands aren’t good at applying brakes. These two items roll up and will fit in the pockets of a cycling top, or in a small bag that you can secure under your saddle.

You should also carry at least one spare inner tube and some tyre levers in that bag. Plus a mobile phone is a good idea in case of emergencies. And always take a serviceable bike pump with you.

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